Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the streets of the city shall be filled with boys and wenches playing in the streets thereof.
New American Standard Bible
And the
King James Version
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
Holman Bible
The streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in them.”
International Standard Version
The city parks will be filled with boys and girls. They will play in the city's open parks.'
A Conservative Version
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets of it.
American Standard Version
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
Amplified
And the streets of the city will be filled with boys and girls playing in its streets.’
Bible in Basic English
And the open spaces of the town will be full of boys and girls playing in its open spaces.
Darby Translation
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof.
Julia Smith Translation
And the broad places of the city shall be filled with boys and girls playing in her broad places.
King James 2000
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And the public squares of the city will be filled [with] boys and girls playing in its public squares.'
Modern King James verseion
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.
NET Bible
And the streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing.
New Heart English Bible
The streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in its streets."
The Emphasized Bible
And, the broadways of the city, shall be full of boys and girls, - playing in the broadways thereof.
Webster
And the streets of the city shall be full of boys and girls playing in its streets.
World English Bible
The streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing in its streets."
Youngs Literal Translation
And broad places of the city are full of boys and girls, Playing in its broad places.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Zechariah 8:5
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Context Readings
Yahweh's Promise To Jerusalem
4 Thus saith the LORD Sabaoth: yet there shall sit both old men and old women in the streets of Jerusalem and men with staves in their hands for the multitude of days. 5 And the streets of the city shall be filled with boys and wenches playing in the streets thereof. 6 Thus saith the LORD Sabaoth: though it seem hard in the eyes of the remnant of this people, shall it seem hard in mine eyes saith the LORD Sabaoth.
Cross References
Jeremiah 30:19-20
And out of them shall go thanksgiving, and the voice of joy. I will multiply them, and they shall not diminish: I shall endue them with honour, and no man shall subdue them.
Psalm 128:3-4
Thy wife shall be as the fruitful vine upon the walls of thy house, thy children like the olive branches round about thy table.
Psalm 144:12-15
that our sons may grow up as the young plants, and that our daughters may be as the polished corners of the temple;
Jeremiah 31:13
Then shall the maid rejoice in the dance, yea both young and old folks. For I will turn their sorrow into gladness, and will comfort them and make them joyful, even from their hearts.
Jeremiah 31:27
"Behold, sayeth the LORD, the days come, that I will sow the house of Israel and the house of Judah with men and with cattle.
Jeremiah 33:11
Shall the voice of gladness be heard again; the voice of the Bridegroom and of the bride; the voice of them that shall sing, 'Praise the LORD of Hosts, for he is loving and his mercy endureth forever,' and the voice of them that shall offer up gifts in the house of the LORD. For I will restore the captivity of this land, as it was afore, sayeth the LORD.
Lamentations 2:19
{Kuf} Stand up and make thy prayer in the first watch of the night; pour out thine heart like water before the LORD. Lift up thine hands for the lives of thy young children that die of hunger in the streets.
Zechariah 2:4
and said unto him, 'Run, speak to this young man, and say: Jerusalem shall be inhabited without any wall, for the very multitude of people and cattle, that shall be therein:
Matthew 11:16-17
"But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children, which sit in the market, and call unto their fellows,